Oslo/Fusion presents:Daniel McIntyre's Lion 1–7

​LION is a semi-autobiographical and diary-style documentary series presenting the narrator’s approach to the present day repercussions and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. Lion explores the consequences of radiation through seven short films, while tackling the emotional turmoil, grief and fear associated with the decline and death of a family’s matriarch.

Conceptually arranged into a film "album", these seven works navigate atomic fallout and a girl’s adolescence, a dream before death, radiation as a cause and cure for cancer, masculine bravado, feminine obsession, a trip to Chernobyl amongst the death of a matriarch, and the destruction of memory.

"Lion" is a series of films created on 16mm and hand processed with darkroom techniques that mimic the effects of radiation on film. Researched in Chernobyl, the series is a product of memories, history, pop culture and technical experiments to create visual representations of invisible forces.​